巴比特
Babbitt
Sinclair Lewis · 初版 1922 年
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“Zenith是随处可见的美国生活与繁荣的最完美典范。”Zenith是一座中西部城市，George F. Babbitt在此生活与工作。身为一名成功的房地产经纪人，他的生意为他带来了自认为理应拥有的一切物质光鲜与舒适。他是所有体面俱乐部的成员，毫无保留地认同朋友和同侪Boosters的抱负与观念。然而，即便是自满守旧的Babbitt，也心怀浪漫与逃避的梦想；当挚友做出颠覆他世界的举动时，他开始反叛，并试图在浪漫中寻找寄托……
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如果谁被这篇文章在当下的现实意义触动了，我建议去看看辛克莱·刘易斯（Sinclair Lewis）的《巴比特》（Babbitt）。它同样写于 1920 年代，书中所描绘（兼批判）的美国文化和今天极其相似。
For anyone struck by the modern relevancy of this piece I suggest you check out Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis. It's also from the 1920s and the American culture that it describes (and critiques) is very similar to today.
……去埋头工作。在此期间，认知失调像背景辐射一样不断累积，最终只会引发更大规模的 crashout、burnout 与破防。辛克莱·刘易斯早在 1922 年的《巴比特》（Babbitt）[0] 中就对此进行过讽刺，刻画了一个经济优渥、完全契合典型中产生活模式的人，内心却极度空虚、毫无满足感。接着他用好几年的时间放浪形骸、四处碰壁……
…work instead. and, in the meantime, dissonance compounds as background radiation eventually that just leads to an even bigger crashout, burnout, break. Sinclair Lewis parodied this as early as 1922 in Babbitt [0], depicting a man who is economically satisfied and fits perfectly the mold of the white picket life and yet is devoid of meaning and satisfaction. he then spends his years in the wilderness crashing…
这句话的来历就像是从辛克莱·刘易斯的《巴比特》（Babbitt）里跑出来的一样。1911 年一个阴雨绵绵的早晨，托马斯·J·沃森在国民收银机公司（IBM 前身）与广告和销售团队开会。沃森因缺乏新的创意方案而受挫，当场大发雷霆：……
The origin of the phrase is like something out of Lewis Sinclair's Babbitt. In 1911 on a rainy morning, TJ Watson met with the advertising and sales teams at the National Cash Register Corporation (pre-IBM). Frustrated by the lack of new submissions Watson went into a tirade:…
……觉得菲茨杰拉德受到的媒体追捧远超他同期的作家，比如德莱塞、约翰·奥哈拉和辛克莱·刘易斯。要是把《了不起的盖茨比》跟《嘉莉妹妹》、《美国的悲剧》、《大街》或者《巴比特》放在一起比，到底立不立得住？
…feel Fitzgerald gets a lot more press than his contemporaries like Dresier, John O' Hara and Sinclair Lewis. How does Gatsby hold up against 'Sister Carrie' or 'An American Trajedy' or 'Main Street' or 'Babbitt'?